Make leukaemia treatment affordable, accessible — Timilehin urges govt
Are you aware that out of about 20 patients diagnosed for cancer in Nigeria, 15 will be leukaemia? Do you also know that no less than five new cases of leukaemia are diagnosed every month at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH? These and other facts were disclosed during a special Valentine’s Day event for patients with leukaemia and a free blood donation exercise held in Lagos at the instance of the Timilehin Leukaemia Foundation, with the theme: “Ignorance is not an excuse, not all temperature is Malaria”